Special issue: The ILC guide to Kitakami 3

Japan might seem difficult to understand at times. There are unwritten rules and a societal order that can trip up foreigners and make communication awkward. But if the ILC comes to Japan, many people will move there from all around the world. So what is really happening there at the moment? What’s it like being a researcher in the region? And what would make life easier for researchers who move there in the future? Our third “Life in Kitakami” special issue addresses all these questions. Here are volumes 1 and 2.

Director's Corner

With a technical design well in place and R&D continuing on accelerator and detectors, the community is waiting for the next big milestone to occur towards the realisation of the ILC. Apart from crucial next results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, all eyes are on the potential ILC host Japan. So what’s happening in Japan? Linear Collider Collaboration Director Lyn Evans takes stock

Around the World

A working accelerator and detectors that take accurate data are great – but there’s more to life than that. If the ILC goes to Japan, it will attract scientists from around the world, who will be moving with their partners and families who will need houses, schools, jobs and paperwork. In a symposium held at Oshu city hall, local representatives discussed with potential future residents what it takes to make the ideal ILC town.

Profile

The ILC project has witnessed some ups and downs in the past decade. The story told through the career of a physicist involved with ILC detector research and development who experienced it directly, from his days as a graduate student till now, as a researcher in Japan.

In the News

Arup has been appointed by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) to work out the design and geoengineering of the 100km tunnel that will accommodate the proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC).

一関市主催の「いちのせきサイエンスカフェ」は１４日、同市大手町の一関図書館で開かれた。国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）の東北誘致に取り組む東北大大学院の佐貫智行准教授が講演した。(On 14 September, Ichinoseki Science cafe was held at city’s public library, and Tomoyuki Sanuki, who is working on to ILC realisation in Tohoku gave a talk.)

国際リニアコライダーの測定器「ＩＬＤ」研究チームによる国際会議は６日、奥州市内で、４日間の日程で始まった。欧州を中心に１３カ国から８５人が参加。ＩＬＣの建設候補地に北上山地（北上高地）が決まったことを受け、周辺の生活環境などについて意見交換した。（4-days international workshop for ILC’s particle detector, ILD has started on 6 September in Oshu city. 85 scientists from 13 countries attended the workshop. They discussed about the living environment in reaction to the decision of Kitakami mountain to be a prime candidate site for the ILC.)

水沢区で６日から９日にかけ「ＩＬＤミーティング２０１４」が開かれる。訪れる研究者は８０人余り。このうち約半数が外国人だ。ＩＬＣ誘致とそれに伴う国際研究都市を目指そうとしているだけに、ノウハウを積み重ねる絶好の機会になるかもしれない。(From 6 to 9 September, ILD meeting 2014 will be held in Mizusawa district. About 80 scientists will visit the area, and half of them are from overseas. This will be an ideal opportunity to study the ins and outs to take care of the foreign scientists who might visit or live in the area if the ILC to be built.)